check the address, folks. the woman said she needed repairs, but -- >> martha: how did that happen! bill: catch you tomorrow, everybody. "happening now" starts right now. martha: see you tomorrow, guys. jon: hello and happy wednesday, i'm jon scott. jane: i'm jane skinner, in the top box, taking drastic measures to stop an environmental disaster along the gulf coast, the coast guard is getting ready to set up a massive -- set a massive oil spill on fire. how will that work? jon: a man hunt on right now for two inmates that escaped. drivers warned not to pick up hitchhikers. jane: a drug ring trusts -- busts 40,000 pounds of pot. we're taking a look at that and much more in the

newsroom, new york city, the bureau out west and all across the world. jon: on immigration reform, the only republican working with them, south carolina's lindsey graham is now pulling out of negotiations, graham points to arizona's controversial new immigration law which has sparked all kinds of protests. he says it shows americans do not think our border with mexico is secure. and the senator says that should be the higher priority. molly henneberg is live from capitol hill for us. i know the white house is getting an earful from senators in both parties about the southern border. what are they saying? >> reporter: jon, this is just developing right now. some members of congress have sent a letter to president obama and this comes in the wake as you're talking about, that controversial arizona immigration law that makes it a crime under state law to be in the u.s., to be in arizona, illegally. arizona officials say they had to step up because the federal government wasn't doing enough to stop the influx of illegal immigrants and drugs across the border. so now the group of

representatives, bipartisan group, 15 republicans, two democrats, have sent a letter to president obama, asking him to send the national guard to the southern border. here's more. >> the reason for that is because our local border patrol agents and local sheriffs on the border are outmanned, outgunned, and outfinanced by the drug cartels who wish to come into the united states. just this year, in the first two months, in the tucson sector of arizona, the border patrol attack -- attacks on the border patrol have increased 200 percent. >> reporter: just yesterday, the department of homeland security secretary janet napolitano who is a former governor of arizona says she knows that border well and it's as secure as it's ever been. jon? jon: are the democrats going to get this bill this year? >> reporter: well, the chief sponsor of immigration reform here in the house,

luis gutierrez, says he hopes so but over in the senate, majority leader harry reid who initially said yes, immigration is up next yesterday said no, climate change is ready to go, climate change legislation is ready to go, immigration isn't, so he wants to go with climate change first but gutierrez doesn't think it has to go in that order. here's more. >> i think there is time to do both. here's why. they both made a commitment to getting it done in 2010, this year, i think democrats, given what is going on in arizona, feel a sense of importance and urgency and renewal to getting it done. >> reporter: gutierrez is going to speak more on immigration reform at a press conference this hour. we'll be covering that for you, and let you know what comes out of that. but he has said that, it's, quote back to square one on immigration because senator reid wants to do climate change first. jon? jon: molly henneberg at the white house for us, molly, thanks.

jane: well that, is another day of deadly violence in thailand, antigovernment demonstrators have been clashing with security force necessary bangkok, the troops appear to be shooting ammunition, as well as rubber bullets. at least one soldier was killed, 18 people hurt. these demonstrators are demanding new elections to replace the prime minister and his government. want to get to some breaking news out of california, and patti ann brown at the news desk, in our newsroom. a couple of suspect the, a couple of armed robbers broke out of the jail in los angeles, near los angeles, i should say, this detention center is about 40 miles north of downtown. let's get to what patti ann knows error reporter jane, as you say, when they did a count this morning at this jail, northwest of los angeles, they discovered that there were two people short on the count and after looking around they realized that wender bario and jose aldana, both 24 years old,

both of van nuys, california, believed to be friends and also reportedly neighbors in van nuys were indeed the two who were missing and now an intense man hunt is underway, looking for these two inmates. they were in jail for armed robbery, and again, they escaped from this north county correctional facility. it's one of three facilities , part of the p pitchess detention center in case ehac, 40 miles north of l.a. and the man hunt is covering the area, which is causing a bit of a disruption to the morning rush hour right now in l.a., in fact, along highways 14 and 5, there are warnings of telling people not to pick up hitchhikers. you can see that warning right now. again, this intensive man hunt underway. the deputies believe that the suspects planned this escape in advance, and that they left from a kitchen dock area. they were both expected in court on wednesday, and they were anticipating getting

prison time again for armed robbery. the search is on for woendo barios and jose adana. jane: thank you patti ann, let us know if you learn anything else. >> the jury is deliberating in a trial of a man accused of hacking into sarah palin's e-mail account. we could get a verdict any time, prosecutors say david kernell hacked into this account to try to derail palin's campaign. the defense says it was merely a prank, he had no criminal intent. kernell is charged with id -- identity theft, wire fraud, obstruction of a computer and obstruction of justice. if he is convicted he'll face up to 50 years in prison. we'll bring thaw as soon as we get it. jon: new calls to release the three american hikers being detained in iran. nobel prize winning activist who is now demanding that tehran set them free and why

there are new concerns for their well being. also, what's being called a significant spill in the gulf of mexico, the coast guard has an interesting plan. instead of trying to mop up all that oil, set it on fire. burn it. we'll talk to the coast guard spokesman just ahead.

jon: a fox news alert, you're looking at live pictures from green borough, north carolina, the piedmont triad airport there, where a plane has been diverted. it was a continental commuter flight from houston to washington dulles airport, it has been diverted there because of some kind of a bomb threat. we don't know exactly the nature of what took place, whether there is actually a bomb on board, but authorities and the pilot decided that put that plane down in greensborough, north carolina, out of an abundance of caution. passengers have been taken off the plane, we understand. it will, of course, be

thoroughly searched and if they can get to the bottom of who called it in, obviously, they will be in a world of trouble, but for now, a continental commuter flight from houston to washington dulles, on the ground in north carolina because of a bomb threat. we'll learn more and bring it to you as we do. jane: "happening now" in the top box a new plea on behalf of the three american hikers detained for so long in iran now, the nobel prize pinner desmond tutu is calling for their release, saying they committed no crime and are suffering emotionally, the three have been held nine months. in the middle box, on wall street, investors are awaiting for the fed's decision on interest rates expected in a few minutes. in the bottom box, william ayres getting ready to speak a the university of michigan tonight, a federal judge sided with him and that decision is forcing the school to allow that speech. jon: if sounds -- it sounds almost unbelievable but the coast guard might soon begin to set fire to that massive

oil spill in the gulf of mexico. if weather conditions hold up, the controlled burns of the thickest parts of the spill could begin shortly. oil from a damaged undersea well is gushing into the gulf, at the rate of about 42,000 gallons a day. right now, that massive slick is slowly drifting towards the gulf coast, threatening beaches and sensitive wetlands. joining us on the phone, coast guard commander richard schultz. commander schultz, when will the decision be made whether to set fire to this thing or not? >> we're actually working on that decision right now. we know that we have plans in place to actually conduct the control burn, and we're waiting to make sure that we can go along with the schedule. jon: so the idea is if you can set this oil on fire, yeah, you create a lot of smoke, you create some air pollution, but that's better than getting oil-slicked beaches and getting marine life covered with oil. >> yes, that's correct. with our scientific experts

that are here at the unified command, they believe and we believe that that is exactly the case, that it's better to have -- try this controlled burn and that it would be less of an impact to the marine wildlife as opposed to if they let the slick continue to grow. jon: how do you do it, though? i mean, do you just set fire to a portion of the sheen that we see floating in these pictures on the water or do you have to corral it with boons and set fire to it that way? >> we do have to corral it with boons so we're not just setting the whole slick on fire, we go in with specifically designed fire retardant boon that would go into a portion of the slick where the thickest of the oil is, pull that portion of the oil, you know, far away from the main oil spill, and then attempt to light it on fire. jon: attempt. you're not absolutely sure this will work? >> well, there's a lot of technical aspects to it. we have to make sure that the oil is thick enough, that the oil needs to be

thick enough to actually create enough vapors in order to ignite it and then be able to sustain a burn. there's a lot of other parameters that go into it to make sure the burn will ignite and be able to continue to burn with the proper oil thickness and amount of vapors. jon: at last report, the slick itself covered about 600 square miles, i read. is it still that size or has it grown? >> the indications that we have is it's still approximately that size. jon: and still gushing about 42,000 gallons a day, about 1000 barrels a day? >> about 1000 barrels a day. it's still the same. jon: what can you tell us about the underwater efforts to shut that valve off to try to get this thing stopped? >> i do know that bp has taken some unbelieve -- made some unbelievable efforts in technology and in the work being done to try to continue to shut in that blowout preventer and parts of the well stack to make that happen. jon: but so far, no luck?

>> so far, they're still working to continue the effort to shut that in. jon: well, we wish them well and we certainly wish your teams well, and hope that if you can get this controlled burn going, that it does take care of a significant amount of the problem. commander richard schultz from the u.s. coast guard, thanks. >> you're welcome. jane: everybody is watching that oil slick, of course, wondering about a timeline here. it really depends on which way the wind is blowing and that falls under janice dean's purview, she's been watching that. j.d., blow it away, right? >> right. they don't have a lot of time, actually, because the winds are already starting to shift from an offshore flow to an on shore flow which would not be good news let's look the at winds, we've got an approaching storm from the west that actually could bring us severe weather for the weekend. we're going to talk about that. but because that storm is moving east wand and we have high pressure moving eastward, we'll see a funnel defect with the winds converging to the gulf

coast, shifting from the west to the southwest, so that unfortunately is not good news. taking a look at an aerial view of the spill from nasa a couple days a. you see how erratic the oil spill is. that's not good news, either, because when the winds come it's going to blow some parts to the west, some parts to the east, so it's really hard to get a gauge or where and when the actual spill and how much of the spill is going to come onshore but it's anticipated we are going to see that oil coming on shore in the next couple of days. look at how close it is to venice, a wildlife refuge there. that is particularly a dangerous situation there. taking a look at wind gusts, there's the high pressure that was over the spill, calm winds, but those are beginning to shift as that high pressure moves eastward, then our low moves in and we've got the onshore southerly winds as we head friday to saturday and unfortunately they will remain with us for the foreseeable future. not good news. they're going to have to do something. hopefully that burn will work. back to you jane. jane: man, we hope so. thanks. jon: we are getting more information about that plane diverted to the

greensborough, north carolina, piedmont triad airport, we understand that a passenger on the plane or at least a person on the plane actually talked about having a bomb. it was not something that was phoned in or e-mailed in. you can see the plane sitting there and these live pictures, it was a continental express flight from houston to washington dulles. now, that plane is fairly small, carries about 50 people, that embrair-145. authorities have evacuated the plane, everybody will be questioned, all the luggage searched. if you're one of those folks waiting for this plane to arrive at dulles airport, well, it's going to be good while. authorities will if they can get to the bottom of it be filing charges against whomever made the threat. we'll keep you updated. jane: tensions as you probably know are running very high in arizona over the state's new immigration law. one sheriff calls it a stupid law, he's quoted as saying he won't enforce it. ears here to explain what he means next.

can we go back to the pictures we were showing? this is something you don't see every day. we get the news bulletins will gators found, usually somewhere in southern florida. well, it looks like crews have found live gators in a building in philly. we'll explain what's going on here as we look at these live pictures. at least they're not huge ones, right? jon: i think that's a cayman. jan jane what are they doing there? we're hope to go find out. gators found in philly, the pictures courtesy of wtfx. jon: watch your fingers! jane: that's next.

jane: now to this yntual immigration law that's been protests in arizona and other places around the country, the sheriff of peoplea county, arizona, which sits on the border is calling it, quote, one of the worst pieces of legislation i've seen in 50 years. that's a sheriff.

he's quoted as saying he doesn't plan to enforce it. the sheriff's name is clarence dupnik and he'll be holding a news conference shortly to explain this reaction to the law. thank you for your time. you called it stupid and racially motivated. explain it if you will. >> i did. first of all, it's a law that is totally unnecessary from a law enforcement point of view. i'm not aware of any law enforcement agency in arizona that said to the legislature please give us this new tool. the fact of the matter is we have the authority now to arrest illegal aliens and the peoplea county sheriff's department does that in greater number than any other law enforcement agency in the states. we do hundreds every month. but instead of putting them in the peoplea county jail and overwhelming the criminal justice system in tues yoon, arizona -- in tucson, arizona, we give them to the border control and they become their responsibility. it doesn't make any sense to

me to force the taxpayers in tucson to pay a lot more money to do this. and second of all if i as the sheriff were to get a squad of people and say we're going to go out and start rounding up illegal aliens, there's no doubt in my mind based on my experience that they -- they would have to engage in some profiling. jane: you say this would force officers to start profiling, yet the people who wrote this law say explicitly that makes that practice illegal, it is not illegal to profile. >> it's always been illegal, it's illegal now to do that. and this law doesn't change anything. jane: why would your officers do it if it's already illegal? >> well, let me tell you, if i put them under pressure to do nothing but illegal immigration enforcement, they're going to find excuses to stop people that they think are illegal so they can, you know, succeed at doing their job. and they're going to feel a lot of pressure to go out and stop people who are

somehow changing lanes without signaling or a license plate light that's out or whatever, or maybe even make up a story. jane: sheriff, does this mean you won't enforce this law? >> no, i'm not -- first of all, i don't think that law is ever going to become a law for several reasons. one, it's 90 days away, and there's going to be lawsuits filed against it. my own opinion is that it's unconstitutional for two reasons: one, that the states can't preempt federal immigration laws. and two, this business of reasonable suspicion is constitutionally vague. jane: sheriff clarence dupnik, i assume you also assume that you would be sued if you don't enforce it. >> well, we get sued both ways. we're in a position of damned if we do and damned if we don't. if a citizen, which this law now gives citizens the authority to sue us, if they feel we're not enforcing this law, then we can can get sued by them and if we go out and people feel we're

racially profile to go enforce this law, we get sued by them. we're going to get sued regardless. jane: now our viewers know why this issue has become so hot, sheriff, we'll look for you more at the later news conference, thank you for your time. >> thank you. jon: fox news alert, we're going to take you to northeast philadelphia and look what they found when they raided a business in the northeast part of that city. a couple of small alligator, or as i said earlier, i think they might be caymans, the south american variety. at any rate, apparently they were not supposed to be there. police raided the place, pulled on the the reptiles, along with help from the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. there is the ginger handoff as one of these critters gets taken away to the paddy wagon. where they will end up, who knows. maybe the local zoo. we'll try to get you more information on exactly who they belong to and how they wound up there. jane: a 13-year-old boy from southern california, you are about to meet, is trying to climb his way into the record books.

come along to everest with us, we're taking you there live. he's about to become the youngest person ever to summit everest. more than 200 climbers, for some perspective here, have died trying to scale everest. it's the world's highest mountain. there's a picture of jordan romero, he's 13, already a pretty experienced climber i would say, tackled seven of the highest peaks in the country, known as the seven summits. he conquered kima -- kilamajaro when he was nine. joining us is his dad, jordan, you are joining us via skype. you're the only one who can hear us. where are you in this climb and what are the conditions like? >> we are now at advance state camp at 21,000 feet on mount everest. the conditions outside are terrible, windy, and snowy. jane: what does that mean for your timeline here? >> well, it doesn't -- it wouldn't really affect our timeline so much. it's not a race. i mean, we're spending a lot

of time here, and we're not even thinking good going to the summit until maf may 15th. jane: how has it been so far? tougher than you thought? is this what you've expected? >> everything has gone really smoothly, and it is -- things have gone a little bit as expected, but other than that, everything is just -- 45s just -- has just gone real smooth, i've learned a lot this whole trip about the culture of tibet and, you know, just, it's been so nice. jane: jon, my coanchor is pointing out i made a mistake in the introduction, your goal is to climb the seven summits in the world, not the country. so i want to correct myself and make sure people understand exactly what you're trying to accomplish here. have we lost you guys, can you hear us? well, that could happen when you're trying to get communication off of mount everest, i guess. jon: absolutely amazing that you even were able to have

that conversation. he must be up around, what, 18,000 feet? jane: and so clearly. i was just about to ask him why he's doing it and he has said in the past, he's trying to actually show young people in our country and around the world the importance of physical fitness, loving the outdoors, helping to -- doing his part to kind of fight the obesity problem. i did want to ask him, though, does he get tutored on mount everest, isn't he supposed to be in school? he's 13! so i assume his dad has that worked out. if we can row establish that communication, we'll get back to him. we'll keep you updated. jon: great great story, hope he makes it. brazen drug smugglers using every trick in the book to flood the u.s. with narcotics, until now. a three-year investigation, smashing a drug ring, taking dozens of people into custody. some leaders are still on the run, and authorities say these guys are exceedingly violent. we'll tell you about that. also, are you always trying to lose 10 pounds?

guess what? some good news. maybe you can just stop. the benefits of a little extra weight. it could be the best news you'll hear all day. jane: that's for sure!

jane: now you can erase jane: bottom of the hour, time to update you on our top stories, bottom box, the u.s. supreme court has just announced a war memorial cross can stay where it is in california. the court says a federal court went too far in ordering that it be removed. in the middle, we've been watching this story

unfold this hour, a bomb threat has forced a continental commuter flight to be diverted to north carolina, the passengers we're told have been taken off, the flight heading from houston to d.c. we'll bring you more when we get it. on the bottom, former first lady lauraa bush defending her husband saying the new orleans flyover after hurricane katrina was in the best interest of the victims and the aide workers a major ring of mexican drug smugglers uncovered in arizona, the feds say they moved at least 20 tons of marijuana over the border, using some very sophisticated counter surveillance measures to evade detection. twenty-six suspects are indicted on federal charges, 13 face state charges, six of the key players, you see five of them in an upcoming photo, are still at large, and believed to be in mexico let's talk about it with dennis burg, u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. he's joining us on the phone from mexico city.

we're looking at the five fugitives, dennis. tell us about these guys and how you hope to go about apprehending them. >> some of them are part of the main organizers of this operation, and they're possibly here in mexico, where i am right now. we have great relationships with mexico now, better than we have ever had before with the guards to extradition, and with assistance in actually locating suspects so that their assistance will be key in seeing if we can locate the individuals here in mexico and have them extradited to the u.s. for justice. jon: this was using sophisticated techs neeks -- techniques, using ramps to actually drive trucks over the border fence, that kind of thing? >> yeah, they would pull up ramps to the fence and have stolen vehicles load it full of marijuana, and roll them right over the fencing. they were using scanners, two-way radios, they were remarkably adept at counter surveillance, and at one

point, part of our investigation led to the arrest of a coche county attorney was office employee who was providing confidential information to one of the drug traffickers in exchange for money. they were taking steps to even bribe officials in the united states. jon: they had a little help on the inside. >> they had a little help on the inside, right. jon: 40,000 pounds of marijuana? you think they're responsible for that? >> at least. i mean, they were moving a lot of dope, and it was a very sophisticated operation, and several of the individuals who were indicted and arrested as part of this investigation were the courier, so we've got a fair amount of solid information as to what their methods were, their operations were, and how much they were moving through mexico, through arizona. jon: but you still got a bunch of them on the loose, and i guess they're not particularly nice people. i mean, potentially very dangerous. >> they know we're looking

for them, and there's a reason why they're hiding, and they're not going to want to get caught. so that's always a risk for law enforcement, when you have situations like that. but you know, we've just arrested these individuals, and a lot of these investigations, the arrests can lead to better leads, we can get information from individuals who are now in custody, so in many respects the investigation can take many other directions and get many other people involved in it. jon: dennis burke, u.s. attorney from arizona, calling from mexico. thanks and congratulations. jane: this may be the best news you've heard all day if you're struggling to lose just those last 10 pounds, turns out you might not -- might not have to. there is new research out today that finds a little extra fat, not really a danger to your health, and actually could be a benefit? like helping to prevent osteoporosis, protecting you against illness and injury as you age, and how about this one? making you look younger. dr. carolyn cromwell is with

mount sinai hospital, assistant professor of medicine there. that seems almost too good to be true. do you believe it? >> yes and no. i know there are huge cheers when we hear this kind of study coming out and there is some data that's being slightlyo that being slightly overweight and we're talking about a few pounds, five, 10 pounds overweight may have some protective health benefits. jane: but if i read it correctly, you're not necessarily going to die earlier if you carry an extra 5-10. >> exactly. exactly. i think what we need to take away from this is to get away from our focus on the numbers. what we need to recognize, it's about our health in general. are you a few pounds overweight but healthy, exercising, eating well and physically fit, those few pounds themselves don't make a difference. jane: i understand when they talk about looking younger because i assume when you have extra fat it fills out the wrinkles but how about the osteoporosis thing? >> your bones neatest again and fat producessest again and that's where we think there is the correlation. jane does it matter what kind of pounds you have,

where that extra fat sits on your body? >> absolutely it does. so fat that sits around your billiony, around your stomach, is usually associated with increased cardiovascular events, fat that sits around your hips, not so dangerous. jane: so the big belly -- all right, i'll leave it there! i guess my last question for you is we can talk about being fit and not worrying the numbers and that kind of stuff, but if you have kids and you open up a magazine these days, and you say this is the example of what we're showing them, i mean, do magazine editors listen to something like this? >> well, i hope we all do and we all should, including magazine editors. you're right, the public perception, that glor phi case, that glom \arrest/{^ar}zation of -- glamourzation of being too thin, we need to get away from that. that's not healthy, either. jane: thank you, and with that good news, over to you jon. jon: americans are telling pollsters they are fed up with washington but we have brand new and surprising poll information out showing just who they're looking to

to kick out of office this november. plus, a demolition crew tears away at this house, reducing much of it to nothing but a pile of matchsticks. but guess what? they got the wrong house! how did that happen? an explanation, next.

jon: a fox news alert, we've been telling you about this airplane enroute from houston to washington dulles airport that had to be diverted to greensborough, carolina, piedmont triad airport. we now know more about what went on on board that plane. on the phone stephanie freeman, a spokesperson for the airport. it's my understanding somebody found a bomb threat written on the mirror in the lavatory? >> all i know is there was something, a threatening message written on a lavatory mirror. jon: out of an abundance of caution, the pilot decided to bring that plane in? >> yes, divert it to

piedmont triad national airport. jon: what happened to the people on board? >> they've been unloaded and are safe in the airport fire station. jon: but probably frustrated by what seems to be a rather foolish prank. >> i would imagine so, yes. jon: i'm sure they are. stephanie freeman, spokesman for tree ad airport, thank you. it was continental flight 3006 from houston intercontinental airport to washington dulles, sitting on the ground in north carolina. it's going to be a while before it gets to dulles. we'll keep you apprised. there's a brand new poll out showing american voters are fed up with congress and plan to vote for big changes in the house and senate in the mid-term elections. according to a "washington post"-abc news poll 57 percent of voters say they will be looking around for a new candidate, only 32 percent say they would reelect their own representative. the antiincumbent mood matches voter anger back in 1994 when voters tossed out

democrats and turned control of congress over to republicans in the middle of president clinton's first term. so what does it mean for lawmakers trying to keep their seats? bryan don mu is founder of craft media, a public relations consulting firm. michael bloomfield is a democratic pollster. welcome to both of you. michael -- >> glad to be here. jon: michael, if there is an antiincumbent mood that is that pervasive it would seem that the democrats, your party, would stand to suffer the most simply because you outnumber republicans in both houses. >> that is one of the byproducts of win big in 2006 and 2008 is now we have more incumbents in both the senate and the house and obviously if there's anger, that's something we have to worry about. but everything else in this poll actually i think was very positive for democrats. we have had an advantage on which party they trust more, trusting it to handle the problems that face the nation in the last two years and in fact while we still

hold that and in fact we're now on the upswing, february was the low point, we only had a six-point advantage, now we have up to a 14-point advantage. so generally, they trust the people, as angry as they are, still trust democrats more than republicans on the issues facing the country. jon: brian, let's take a look at specifically one poll, when asked which party do you trust to do a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next few years, democrats win it, 46-32 percent. can you explain that? >> sure. well, jon, there hasn't been an election that's really taken place yet over the last few months. as we get closer to november, and we get closer to election season, we're going to see a lot of advertising. we're going to see a lot of tv ads, a lot of activity in these campaigns, and democrats are going to have to answer some questions. they're going to have to answer where are the jobs that americans were promised, and why is there so much debt that is coming down on americans. these questions haven't

really been asked of democrats across the country in many of these races. but they're going to have to start answering them as we get closer to the election. so when that occurs, we're going to see these numbers tighten up and i think you're going to see a lot of democrat incumbents in serious trouble come this fall, and especially in races that people hadn't anticipated. jon: one guy who's not running this fall -- hang on a second, michael. one who is not running this fall, obviously, president obama. these are mid-term elections after all. and when asked who do you trust to do a better job on issues like the economy, mr. obama wins over congressional republicans 49-38 percent, regulation of financial industry, he comes out on top, 52-35 percent. budget decifit, 45 percent for the president, gops in congress, 41 percent, and health care reform, even on that issue, mr. obama wins 49 percent-39 percent. michael, it looks like awfully good news for

democrats. >> well, i will say i do think the top one, the takeaway of all this is what you mentioned at the beginning, voters are angry, so i don't want to say any of this -- i think it's good news for democrats but we still have to be very cognizant of what's happening in the economy, of doing something like the budget decifit and continuing to work hard on issues like financial reform. but the other number in that poll, and i think it answers what he was just asking, what do people want to hear about the decifit, well, right now in the economy, 60 percent of people, when asked who do you blame, blame george bush. that's not a democratic talking point, that is looking at results in this poll. and i think right now, that is one contrast, and the other is what is the one group of people that are probably hated as much and really more from the polling we've done than congress, democrats or republicans, wall street. and right now, the republicans are doing us a favor on aligning themselves with the wall street interests, while we're trying to change things and pass a reform bill. every day that goes on,

goldman sachs is on the front page, we're in good shape. jon: brian, one of the things that is commonly said in polling is that people dislike congress, but they live thar own particular member of congress. i hate congress but i like the guy who represents me. >> sure. jon: do you see a different mood this time around? >> i see a very different mood. and all the polls and surveys that we've been looking at, people went from a level of despair about job loss and the economy to a level of anger and vitriol towards incumbents, towards everyone in office. so i think we're going to see a lot of exciting things, but i thought it was -- thought if was funny how mike brought up george w. bush again. i don't know how long the democrats plan to keep wheeling out the former president. but what i do see is that's not really working. really what american people are looking for are answers to these questions about the issues that affect their lives. jon: brian, we have to say goodbye. thank you both. >> thank you.

jane: this is what you might call a huge bummer. a demolition crew went to work on the wrong house. they tore down most of francis howard's home in denton, texas, instead of the one across the street. she says the house is probably not salvageable. >> i don't think that we'll be able to rebuild it, because it's kind of off its foundation. so i don't think it's fixable. jane: she's now living with her son. she said her family had lived in that now demolished home for 47 years. what a shame. jon: imagine the insurance claim on that one? jane: yeah! jon: just in from the supreme court, a decision favoring a religious display, a war memorial cross, but this battle apparently is not over yet. we'll tell you why. mrs. you don't have to be invested in the greek stock market to be worried about that country's financial crisis. why a default by greece could derail recovery

efforts here in the united states.

jon: "happening now", toyota troubles, the japanese carmaker is voluntarily recalling about 50,000 sequoia suvs from the 2003 mole year to fix a stability control problem. middle box, nearly all of anne electronic's diary is on display for the first time inside the amsterdam home where she hid from the nazis for two years. bottom box a rare spring snowstorm socking new england, some spots in northern vermont hit with more than a foot of snow. jane: time for a quick check of the markets as investors are worrying whether a growing financial crisis in greece could we see

something similar in the united states and could it affect our markets. analysts say the problems are to blame. demonstrators have taken to athens after the nation's credit rating is downgraded to junk status. these problems may seem like a world away, but the problems they're facing there today could potentially be our problems in the not-too-distant future. greg palkot is live in london. what's the latest? >> reporter: as that drama continues to play out, the very real fear this week that that broken country could go bust, standard & poor's bond rating unit just yesterday downgraded the greek debt to the level of junk, and germany, one of the key contributors, in a possible bailout plan, bailout package. still, not committing to the deal. this comes as next month a whole bunch of debts are due, and greece has got to pay. that's why the head of the international monetary fund, head of the european central bank was in berlin today, talking with german

chancellor angela merkel trying to get them to come along. there is talk about a three-year, $160 billion plan, but still not set yet, jane. jane: greg, just as you were speaking, standard & poor's, the credit rating agency has downgraded spain from the double a a-plus to the aa. is it strictly -- we can't really view it as a strictly european problem, can we? >> reporter: that is what has got wall street and others spooked, jane. as you noted, wall street took a big hit yesterday, just clawing some of that back today. european markets, aryan markets also way down because of that fear. it is not just greece. as you noted, spain, a bond downgraded yesterday, portugal's bonds were downgraded. there's a fear of contagion throughout europe and as we all know, europe, a key political and economic ally to the united states and raised again with two experts this week, there is a direct knock-on effect as we know here for the united states for cities,

municipalities, states, even the federal government who have to pay their own debts back in the united states, and the lesson that i heard from a couple of people today for the united states in all this, worry about that debt. worry about the deficits. back to you. jane: greg palkot in london for us, thanks. >> thanks. jon: big government after your money, your land, now maybe your org begans -- organs? a controversial proposal that would allow doctors to remove your organs, unless you take action before your time is up. a fair and balanced debate on that straight ahead. and superstar sandra bullock breaks her silence about her husband's betrayal and how she plans to handle it and she drops another bombshell, the secret she's been keeping, just revealed.

jane: tom of the -- top of the hour i'm jane skinner along with jon scott we're watching this news break out of california where authorities are on the hunt for two inmates who have escaped.

jon: we have been updating you on this manhunt all morning long. signs on los angeles county freeways. you can see one there warn motorists not to pick up hitchhikeers police say they escaped through a kitchen dock from a detention center earlier this morning the two inmates are friends. they were both set to appear in court tomorrow but now they are on the loose. more information as we get it. jane: also there's something important happening on the hill right now we're wait for a vote in the senate. should happen any minute now democrats pexed to try yet again to start debate on a rule aimed at tightening the rules on wall street after republicans twice have blocked that let's get to jim angle. what's the latest? >> reporter: jane we are expecting a vote about 12:20. republicans believe this vote too will fail as the negotiation behind the scenes continue. republicans say they want some changes in the bill before they'll let it come to debate. obviously they've been negotiating for days on this as they continue senate majority leader harry reid

is planning that vote today. as he compared this saga to a long-running soap opera. >> mr. president, that show is still going on as the world turns. this soap opera is never going to end i guess and i want everyone here in the senate to know. that the negotiations we hear so much about are never going to end. we've got get on this bill. >> reporter: now republicans say there's so many questions about the impact of the bill they should be resolved upfront. for instance consumer protection provisions raised questions about regulations of every day transactions such as whether anyone who buys or sells something on an installment plan could be penalized. >> what about the parent trying to spread out payments for their child's braces? will they now have to pay for it all upfront? will the ortho donist -- orthodontist be willing toke pose their practice to federal supervision. >> lots of questions they

say why not take make that clear. raise questions about derivatives that can be risky mort gane ij -- mortgage investments goldman sachs krit sides for yesterday. farmers trucking companies or even candy maybe try to use as they lock in price for things they buy and sell such as wheat, diesel fuel and sugar. many questions whether the bill would eliminate bailouts of too big to fail financial firms or permanent practice identifying firms whose failure would pose what the bill calls systemic risk to the economy. lots of questions by all republicans and a couple of democrats but democratic senate leader harry reid says let's open the debate on that and we'll deal with all of those questions. republicans say if we're going to deal with them why not do it now upfront before bad legislation goes to the floor. jane? jane: jim let us know when you see any movement from there. thanks. jon: president obama on day two of his midwest white house to main street tour focusing on jobs and the

economy. to touching down in illinois within the last hour as wall street is keeping a very close eye on the federal reserve. a big announcement due out this afternoon on whether or not to raise interest rates in this country. major garrett is live in washington for us right now. what's the expectation for the fed and what it says about the state of the recovery here major? >> reporter: that it is going to stay where it is right now jon keep interest rates near zero. the federal open markets committee will meet this afternoon. leased a statement about 2:15 made up of the federal reserve presidents and governors and what the federal reserve says about interest rates will give folks an indication what the federal reserve believes the state of the u.s. economy is. yes, it is recovering. everyone agrees with that but is it recovering too fast? are there inflationary fears the expectation across a wide array of analysts is the federal reserve does not see inflationary fears picking up yes, the recovery has been going on for a few months. it's not sustained enough or dynamic enough to create inflationary concerns and

probably still needs a little bit more stimulus with these low interest rates. the expectation widely leled held is federal reserve will stay writ is interest rates above zero. >> are there concerns these record low interest rates could cause trouble down the road? >> through are. economists have begun to debate this question. how much is the value of all of the sort of federal reserve low interest interest rate money sloshing around in the economy going to do now to sustain the economy probably a good deal but is there too much. not enough demand or could there be inflationary problems down the road. i talked to one bank analyst about it. here are some of his thoughts. >> this is why some people are concerned about continued continuing to hold the fed funds rate target down when they look back 10 years they say we've been there before. we know in hindsight that it was held too low too long. this is one of the major criticisms of the later years of the greenspan era and they're saying we shouldn't make that same

mistake again. >> problem with that jon is you don't really learn that lesson until three or four or maybe five years later so i guess we'll find out. >> and i know one of the big concerns right now is what's happening in greece and portugal and concerns about the solvency of those countries. >> that's right. we just had a live shot from my colleague greg palkot about all the concerns sweeping through europe about could greece possibly default. what would the european nation dos to sper event. could portugal face similar problems spain after. that for that reason many also expect the fed to sort of hold steady because it doesn't want to send a signal within the u.s. economy that it wants to create any sort of uncertainty or instability in the market. wants to make the united states perceived to be a stronger, better investment and so for that reason analysts also expect the fed to stay where it is and watch the things go on in europe while staying pat here in the united states. jon? jon: major garrett live for us. major, thank you. jane: we're about to see the coast guard take some

drastic measures to try to contain a growing oil spill in the gulf of mexico. they're about to set the thickest part of the slick on fire about 50 miles or so off the louisiana coast. this is after that drilling platform exploded and sank. about 42,000 gallons of crude have been leaking into the water every day. kris gutierrez is in louisiana for us. how does a controlled burn like this work? >> reporter: jane e sen herbally what they -- essentially what they do is corral in this really as much oil as they can and light it on fire. we're told that should have started 11:00 local time so roughly 6 or 7 minutes ago and again to put it in perspective it's about 50 miles offshore so if we see anything at all we could see some thick black smoke. but we want to show our viewers this picture here. it's from the minerals management service. it's a picture of a similar controlled burn that was conducted not too long ago. i'm told jane if this controlled burn is successful it could get rid of anywhere from 50-95% of the oil currently floating on top of the gulf right now.

jane: what else are they trying to do? >> reporter: keep in mind this is a big, big problem. you mentioned 42,000 gallons a day are spewing from that well underneath the gulf of mexico. so what they're talking about doing is a worst-case scenario is actually plugging that with a huge, huge dome and that could take some time. it could take up to four weeks the build a dome that's capable of capturing as much of that oil as it can and then funneling it through a series of funnels and into near ships. again that could take up to four weeks. but that's a temporary fix because then you still have to cap the well. that could take up to three months jane because which they'll have to do is drill a relief well to counter flow that flow before they can put concrete down there. again a huge, huge problem. bp is work on it. i'm told they're spending up to $6 million a day to try to fix it. jane: all right chris gut res -- kris gutierrez in louisiana for us. thanks. jon: this just in a big

decision on building america's first offshore windfarm. clearing the way for more than 100 turbans to be built off cape code in massachusetts. this decision has some major implications for the entire wind energy industry but also could put the obama administration at odds with some of the president's biggest supporters including the ken family of massachusetts. molly live in boston for us. what does this decision mean for the massachusetts project and for other big projects under consideration here molly? >> reporter: this is really a landmark day for america's first offshore wind project. it has been approved the secretary of the interior ken salazar announcing today he has approved cape wind's project but he has a few caveats making some condition. he's moderateing the project a tad. joses instead of 170 turbines allowing 130 turbines to be built off the waters and asking cape wind to take some extra steps to preserve the historical and cultural aspects of nantucket sound where the turbines will be

placed once these thing are built. this is huge step for cape wind. been a nine year long process a lot of regulatory political hurdles they've jumped through and this also means a lot to the industry as a whole. there are a number of projects that are waiting in the wings as you would say up and down the atlantic coast to move forward from delaware, maryland a lot of projects in the works and this will give them some hope regulatory-wise they'll be able to move forward a little quicker than perhaps cape wind has over the last nearly decade long process. jon? jon: i know politically this has been a pretty intense issue not necessarily divide along party lines what does it mean for the president when it comes to political support? >> reporter: well, senator ted kennedy before his death had been an adamantly against this project. it actually would have been within view of the hyannis port compound where he lived and where the kennedy compound has been for so many generations. other members of the kennedy family also called this an economic boondoggle something that would not be worth the money once it was in place. others have talked about the

economic impact the navigational impact and every agency from the coast guard to the faa to the u.s. energy department has weighed in and studied this. scientists among them. back and forth politically this is not divided along party lines. for instance the new senator scott brown a republican also opposed to project. but the governor here in massachusetts duval patrick very much for the project and moving things ahead. as far as the obama administration is concerned propoenlts of offshore wind believe ultimately this will be something that will be a bit of a legacy for the obama administration. that the first offshore wind farm will begin construction during his administration. time will tell politically how things run out in the long run. jon? jon: molly line live in boston. thank you. jane: gathering some pictures in from farming hill, michigan upscale. apartment fire. initial reports say this fire started in a furnace room there and the smoke and flames can be seen for miles we'll continue to watch that

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jane: we want to get to some breaking news we're watching out of the state of florida in this senate race that's being so closely watched. s that governor there charlie crist a republican made a decision about what party he will be running in for the senate race? let's get to carl cameron. he has some answers for us. carl, what are you hearing? >> reporter: hi jane first very important to note at the out set the government nor's office and the crist republican senate for campaign are not part of our reporting here they have been very tight lipped and cautious about that. even as the last several weeks charlie crist's own personal rhetoric and all of the planningings and

political match nations in the campaign republican party of florida and on the streets of sunshine state have been pointing to the likelihood charlie crist is going to do this. there are insiders close to the governor who now say he's made up his mind that the dye is cast as was once said by one of his close allies and the decision has been made he will pursue this as an independent. he continues to tell people he is listening to voters in florida and advisers and confidents in washington, d.c.. he makes a distinction that the advice from washington is that he not drop out of the party and continue to remain a republican and that in florida voters and supporters are saying he should run as an independent. there are polls in which he actually leads as an independent candidate in a three-way race against the republican conservative marco rubio who is trancing him in the polls and four term congressman who would be trailing in many of those polls. it likes as though charlie crist will be in st. petersburg his hometown tomorrow at straub park a place he has in the past

used for ceremonial big announcements. saying he's going to stay in the republican race as a republican would be fairly mundane so the idea that all of the stops are being pulled out and the pieces are being put in place far big announcement tomorrow has his confidants and insiders both in tallahassee, in st. petersburg and across southern florida saying his mind is made up and tomorrow the governor of florida the incumbent republican will say he's going to continue to run for the u.s. senate as an independent. one of the big unanswered questions and we'll have more on this as the day and tomorrow unfold is whether or crist will say he intends if he wins as an independent to caucus with republicans in the u.s. senate. that is a very important answer and will determine in some measure how many right leaning independents and swing vote republicans would be willing to consider him if he runs as an independent. >> man carl this already fascinating race got a whole lot more interesting potentially here. >> effectively it will make it a general election three-way race now for the next 7 months while the rest of the

country is still in primaries. >> all right we will wait to hear as you get more. carl cameron reporting from florida for us. thank. >> you bet. jon: happening now in the top box iran making another nuclear fuel deal offer in an effort to avert tougher u.n. sanctions. the proposal though to have the nuke swap on iranian soil is not expected to be accepted by the u.s. and other world powers. the middle box the u.s. navy announces plans to ban smoking on board submarines. the ban will take effect december 31st. bottom box, rocker bret michaels is now diagnosed with another serious medical problem seizures which are a side effect from his brain hemorrhage. michaels is hospitalized in the intensive care you nut in critical but stable condition. jane: well, arizona's controversial new law is putting immigration reform potentially back on the front burner in washington. question today will congress act on comprehensive legislation to try to tackle the problem in this country? if it does how would it hit

you in the wallet? how much would something like that cost? william la jeunesse is live with his calculator. he's not as nerdy as that makes him sound right william? >> reporter: jane all of rus multidimensional people but in the eyes of the federal budget you're a balance sheet either a giver or a taker. sma these why some economist are concerned about comprehensive federal reform 40-60% of the illegal population here in the united states does not have a high school diploma. they work in low wage jobs earning 15-maybe 30,000 dollars a year. why is that important? because if legalized those incomes qualify them for means tested welfare programs like food stamps and medicaid and billions of dollars in refundable tax credits. money the federal government gives to low-income people to get by. even if they don't pay income tax. >> if you were to be adding millions and millions of very poorly educated people into the welfare system into social security and medicare.

you're going to have a huge expansion of governmental costs. >> the heritage foundation says that any bill that legalizes 12 million undocumented workers will cost u.s. taxpayers up to 90 billion a year. others don't put the figure that high once immigrants start paying fines and payroll taxes. but how much would comprehensive immigration reform cost you? go to the taxpayer calculator on foxnews.com to see how the congressional budget office scored the 2007 bill which we are told is very similar to this year's proposal. if you earn about 15,000 dollars you'll pay about 1.27. if you make 30-50,000 you'll pay $50. maybe 100 kathleen kennedy townsend to 200,000365 if you make over 250,000 you'll pay over $3600. we also want to know what you think. do you want to pay to legalize america's undocumented workers? log on to foxnews.com. tell us how you feel. so far we've had about

10,000 voters and they voted 6% say yes. 91% say no and jane supporters say this is obviously this issue is about more than just numbers. it's about fam, communities -- family, communities and neighborhoods and so forth but in the eyes of the budget it's about numbers back to you. jane: very emotional as well william la jeunesse. foxnews.com is where that very nerdy but cool calllator is. thanks william. jon: supreme court ruling out just this morning on a california war memorial boxed up in plywood for years. what the high court has ruled about that cross on a hill top. also how one fine day for a dog in chicago caused a whole lot of trouble for a whole bunch of commuters. where was this guy headed? the case of the meandering pooch ahead. i have diabetes, and sometimes i wonder

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the u.s. supreme court with an important ruling just out today the court rejects a challenge by the aclu which wanted to remove this world war i memorial from federal land in california's mow haw say national preserve. the decision coming on justice john paul stevens' final day on the bench. let's check in with shannon breen live in washington with more. she keeps an eye on the court for us. why did the court ultimately decide to let the cross stay put shannon? >> reporter: to give a little background this cross went up in 1934 the veterans of foreign wars put it up in the middle of the mojave desert as a tribute to all the soldiers who had died in world war i. some thought a cross shouldn't be on government lands so they sued in the process of those lawsuits congress actually passed an act to make sure that spot of land where that cross was sitting was transfered to private ownership to the vfw so the cross was then sit on

private land and not government land. that became the subject of lawsuits as well. and ultimately today the supreme court said these lower courts that wanted that cross down and that avoided that land transfer got it wrong. here is what justice anthony kennedy bret wrote in his opinion the goal of avoiding governmental endorsement does not ignore it. -- require eradication of all religious symbols in the public realm a crosby the side of a public high way marking for instance the place where a state trooper perished need not be taken as a state0 of government support for sectarian beliefs. >> we had a number of desectors john paul stevens his last day oral argument on the court was the one who penned the descent. here's what he had to say i certainly agree the mission nation should memorialize those who fought and died in world war i cannot lawfully do so by e comed endorsement of a sectarian message that war memorial is in the shape of a cross that's the main

sticking point for a lot of folks this not completely over because the court has sent it back down to the trial dourts retry some of the issues for now though the cross remains in place it is covered in plywood jon. jon: we could get word in a few days as to who the president intends to nominate to take justice stevens's place on the court. i guess there's some brand new polling out about how americans feel about the process? tell us about that. >> yeah, these are brand new numbers out from fox news dynamic polling talks about when these people sit down in the confirmation hearings. we've all watched when the senators start drilling -- grilling them and answering questions what topic should they have to answer questions on whether these are a constitutional right or not. abortion 68% say they want the nominee to have to answer that question. when it comes to the healthcare law whether it is constitutional 77% say that nominee needs to answer that question. whether it is constitutional to have a gun ban 71% and how you feel about the constitutionality of gay marriage 60%. so those are some of the issues that americans want to hear when we do get a

name and they get in that seat and start the confirmation process as you know many of them are pros at declining divulging anything when they're sitting there in the hot seat jon. jon: you don't get a lot of information out of them it seems like. >> not too much. >> shannon breen in washington thanks. jane: want to get more on the ruling from the court from judge napolitano who is here. with -- can we start with the toll numbers. >> i was very interesting overwhelming numbers of the public want to know in advance how the nominee would rule. and as snan shannon indicated the nominee would never say in advance how they'll rule. a they'll antagonize those who think the other way and b, it would be improper for a judge to commit herself or himself in advance because you never know the context in which the case is going to come to you. the unique facts of that case and the precise section of the law that's going challenged. so you won't get a definite answer on any of those issues. even though understandably americans are burning with a desire to know how the nominee will think about

them. >> we'll see senators try in the confirmation hearing. >> absolutely the republicans will be pulling teeth to get this nominee to commit himself but like justice soto maher probably won't happen. >> what's interesting about this one. not as clear cut a religious display on public problem property. nativity scene at city hall. this cross sits on land that had been public but then was transfered and that's the crux of the decision in the case. >> you're exactly right jane. the cross was built 75 years ago in the mojave desert on federal land in a federal national park by the veterans of foreign wars. the aclu and others challenged the cross. during the course of the litigation congress sold the acre of land on which the cross is located to the veterans of foreign wars who built it. so the issue was, was congress's motivation to keep the cross but get it off of federal property sufficient to invalidate the sale and the supreme court

said no. congress can sell whatever federal land it wants to whomever it wants this is private land with a cross on private land. end of the story. jane: so is this decision specific? can it be applied broadly to going forward do you think? >> well, as shannon indicated there's some facts that the lower court still has to look at but for the most part the plywood will come off the cross and the cross will be displayed for everyone to see it. by your question do you mean that the local town halls are going to sell the real estate in front of the town hall to the catholic church so it can build a manger? probably won't happen but the language in this court would give support for that. jane: interesting judge, good to see you. >> pleasure jane. johnny: back to you. jon: that new immigration law in arizona you've been hearing so much about. it's meant to stop illegals from crossing the mexican border but will it also stop other states and cities from sending business to arizona? we'll take a look at what some opponents are planning. and talk about a slam-dunk

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jane: breaking political news out of the state of florida as our carl cameron reported a few minutes ago, sources telling him that the

governor of florida, charlie crist, running for u.s. senate will announce tomorrow he will be running as an independent against marco rubio, the republican. so that is the big news out of florida. that is an already hot race that's gotten a whole lot hotter. that news from carl cameron. jon: and we have a statement from continental airlines which says that continental express flight 3006 operated by express jet from houston to washington dulles had to divert to greensborough, north carolina for security reasons. the flight landed safely, no incidents, at approximately 10:45 eastern time this morning. forty-five people on board, three crew members, as well as those 45 passengers. we understand that there was some kind of bomb threat scrawled on the mirror in the lavatory. that's why the pilot decided to put that plane down in greensborough, north carolina. the investigation underway.

all the attention -- passengers, safe, the plane okay as well, but it's on the ground in north carolina, instead of dulles. when we get more information, we'll bring it to you. jane: opponents of the new controversial immigration law in the state of arizona are now pushing other states and cities to boycott arizona. the mayor of san francisco already has suspended all nonessential travel for city workers to the state, could also mean a boycott of arizona-based companies as well. claudia cowen is in san francisco for us. claudia, what are some of the actions being talked about right now? >> jane, the ban on city travel to arizona means no conference next weekend in scottsdale for members of the city's housing authority and the city board of supervisors has taken the first step towards on economic boycott, basically no contract, no purchasing, no meetings in arizona. similar sanctions have also been proposed by city leaders in los angeles and by at least one very prominent law make ner sacramento who wants to see an end to all state

contractsum the arizona law is repealed. >> what steps are being taken to make this boycott a reality? >> well, here in san francisco, mary gav -- mayor gavin newsom has convened a work group to decide if and how a boycott could backfire on san francisco. in other words they do business with a company that accepts and processes payments in arizona and there is concern that if the boycott is not handled carefully, 2500 san francisco sis cans could lose their job. business groups like the city's restaurant association, also worried about a boycott backlash, they say, with arizona and or -- if arizona and other conservative areas try to retaliate, for instance, if they stop holding conventions in san francisco, it could cause damage to the local economy. jane: you mentioned reaction at the state level. what impact could there be there? >> the next door neighbors, california and arizona, they obviously have a lot of business interactions worth millions and millions of

dollars and the biggest contractor is a private firm that houses thousands of california prisoners in arizona and yesterday, california governor arnold schwarzenegger made it very clear he does not want the prisoners coming back here, in fact he wants to send more inmates there. if that particular contract were to be impacted at all by this economic jane, you can be sure that governor s would fight it. jane: claudia is in san francisco for us, claudia, thanks. jon: so will arizona's tough new immigration law have an adverse impact on the state's economy? let's talk about it with juan serin, director of the latino foundation of greater washington, ron gould, arizona state senator. ron, you heard about the threatened boycott. are you worried? >> i'm not worried at all. jon: let's start with ron. go ahead, ron. >> i'm not worried at all, jon. i don't think it's going to have any effect and you're already seeing the governor of california rethink his position because it's beneficial to the taxpayers of california to do business with arizona. jon: juan carlos, you

support this boycott idea. why? >> well, we support it because it's bad for the united states of america. fifty years in fighting the civil rights efforts that we have put to ensure that all americans, all people in this country, are free, we cannot go back to this slave patrol era, where people that are free men, where african-americans, they were freed, they are put in jail or brought back to the plantations. this legislation is against the constitution of the united states. jon: ron, is it that kind of legislation, are we going back to the slave yair here? >> no. the opponents of this legislation just don't want to enforce the law. the law is clearly within the fourth amendment of the constitution, it doesn't allow officers to contact people on basis of race. they have to break another crime or another vie -- violate another statute to even be contacted. the gentleman's comments are

purely ridiculous. jon: juan, if it's an economic boycott, it would seem that you're going to be hurting everybody in arizona, whether they are legal, illegal, documented, not documented. why push for that kind of thing? >> well, you know, the truth is because we are -- because the majority of the people are not latino, we got to understand that 22 percent of the people in arizona are latino, so there's a large majority that people do not understand the implications of these laws, so our intention is to ask them, to learn about the implications , and the impact on human rights, on every human being inside the united states of america. jon: the polling i've seen, juan, says that 70 percent of arizonians like this law, they support it, they are fed up with the failure of the federal government to control the border. so why not let arizona send its message to washington?

>> we agree that we need to secure the borders we agree we need to find a different way to deal with this, which is passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill. the state should not take this bill, this approach, 70 percent of folks in arizona are in favor of this, of course, the 70 percent are anglo american, only 22 percent of them are latinos in that state. jon: all right. ron, i guess, you know, the question is so much fuss has been made over this law, and to my knowledge, it hasn't really been tested yet. i mean, it's not like i hear reports of the police running out in the streets and asking people for i.d. cards. >> wecialtion that's because they can't do that under the law, jon. under the law, they have to have a legal contact to begin with. they have to violate a driving statute. they have to break the law.

the open border advocates that are against this are for open immigration, they want everybody to be able to flood america and come at will. this is our country and we should set the immigration law. the nexus of this law, the reason that we brought this law forward, is we have amnesty cities that will not check peoples' status when they get pulled over. so essentially, you have somebody that's pulled over, they don't have a driver's license, and in phoenix, rather than taking that person downtown to find out who they really are, are they a criminal, do they have a warrant, the officer has been instructed by mayor bill gordon to cite, write them a ticket and send them on their merry way. we can't continue with this catch and release program. this is about crime. it's my job to protect the citizens of the state of arizona. the federal government won't do it, the bush administration wouldn't do it, the obama administration wouldn't do two -- wouldn't do it and janet napoll tabo wouldn't do it. it's up to the arizona legislature to do it and along with our governor we've decided to do it. this doesn't violate

anyone's rights, this is within the fourth eldand the 15th amendment of the constitution of the united states. these border advocates, they need to read the law and quit spinning to generate support of their base. this is clearly ridiculous. jon: we can see why the arguing goes on. we have to leave it there, ron gould, juan carlos, thank you. jane: a new proposal would cut the wait for patients who are in need of life-saving oran flantses but it also could mean that doctors would assume you want to donate your organs, even if you don't. how do you feel about that? >> a fair and balanced debate coming your way, next.

mega doppler live hd 7000 i'm megyn kelly, it is the obama administration versus arizona on this antiillegal immigration law, who wins? we'll ask peter johnson, jr. plus bernie goldberg on media bias in covering the arizona protestes. should women who are sexually harassed just deal with it? you're going to like this one. and an arrest warrant is

out now for one of the real housewives of orange county. kelly's court tells you who and why, top of the hour. jane: the actress sandra bullock has finally broken her silence, and she has quite a headline to announce today. she is on the cover of people magazine, talking about the fact that she's filed for divorce from jesse james, the guy you see there, and also she has adopted a baby boy. courtney friele is here with the fox 411. >> two big announcements today, the first was expected, that she's divorcing her unfaithful husband, jesse james, but the bigger surprise, she adopted a son in january and has been hiding her in her home since before the oscars and throughout the whole cheating scandal, luis barto bullock was born in new orleans, they began the adoption process four years ago but jesse says he will

reling wish all rights to baby lewis. he responded on people.com, he's devastated by the whole situation. now here's an exclusive on fox 411.com, we're asking the question can lindsey lohan be saved. just a few years back, she was the hottest hollywood actress with the amazing potential. then came the trip to rehab, arrests, lost gigs, massive debt. now lindsey's friends are telling us that she's living in squalor in a dirty apartment, sleeping owl day, on a mattress on the floor, with food, clothes and trash everywhere. we know her father michael has been trying to help her, both publicly and privately, but it doesn't help that his twitter page started a rumor that lindsey is hiv-positive. michael lohan claims someone hacked into his account and posted that tweet, lend see tweeted back saying he's lying and using her fame for money, while mom zena wants a restraining order against michael, she doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with other 16-year-old, staying and partying with lindsey.

our experts say she's not a total lost cause and can be saved but first needs intervention. check out our slide show of lindh see's highs and lows on fox 411.com. jane: a lot going on today, courtney, thanks. jon: a fox news alert and call it strike three for senate majority leader harry reid. there has been another vote in the senate, a test vote, if you will, on financial reform, and senator reid lost. the vote, 56-42. it prevents any forward progress on this bill that senator reid was trying to bring to the floor. he immediately entered a motion to reconsider. you can imagine where that's going to go as well. at any rate, three strikes in a row for senator majority lead harry reid on this financial reform proposal. republicans are staying united and they have a little bit of democratic support as well. we'll keep you updated on fox. -$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-d

jane: right now in this country, here's a specific sta -- statistic for you, more than 100,000 people are in need of organ transplants and they spend ap average of 3-4 years on waiting list, some end up dying on the waiting list, a lawmaker in new york has a plan to cut the waiting time, it's something called presumed consent, which means doctors can presume that they have your permission to harvest your organs when you die unless you specifically say you don't want that to happen in writing before you pass away. york assemblyman richard rodsky is on the phone now, you saw a photograph with him and his daughter, he has po possessed this plan because his daughter has undergone two different kidney transplants. thank you for your time. a lot of people look at this and say it's a major presumption, it's emotional, and there are ethical concerns as well. your thoughts.

>> the final choice has to remain with the individual or the family. that's a mocial imperative. what we are talking about is requiring everybody to actually make the decision. we want an organ donation system that's as moral and ethical as the american people. most people say that if the awesome situation comes and they make the decision, they want to make sure they make that choice before the event, so families know what they want. so that we're not asking families in the midst of the awful tragedies to make this most compelling of decisions. what we're talking about is making sure that the individual retains control and families retain control of the decision. but that they actually make the decision well in advance. jane: isn't that system already in place now, we have donor cards, i make a choice if i would like to donate my organs when i die? >> those systems are failing. we have a completely failing system in the united states. new york is among the worst.

we import half of the organs transplanted from other states. the reason is the registries are hard to get on to, you can't sign up electronically, some are not definite, so that what we're saying is make them all definite, make them easy to get on to but make the decision a decision by an individual and or the individual's family that can be made well in advance of the tragedy that brings this up. jane: critics say you're ultimately treating these organs as commodities and this new system would make that worse. >> i don't think they say that. they say that if you agree to what should happen is that you should be able to purchase them, so let me be very clear, that is not part of any proposal anyone has made here. i personally am strongly opposed to a marketplace, an organ trafficking. what we're talking about is allowing families to do what their instincts tell them they want to do, to allow

individuals to be as moral and ethical as they want to be, but to have a government system that doesn't act as a deterrent to people making the right decisions. jane: assemblyman brosky, we have to leave it there. he has this plan, presumed consent and it would be presumed you would like to donate your organs when you pass away unless you specifically make that decision in writing beforehand. assemblyman, thank you for your time. >> my pleasure. jon: an environmental disaster looms just 50 miles off the coast of new orleans coming up, a coast guard commander lays out the options, including setting that massive oil slick out there in the gulf of mexico on fire.

jane: think you had a rough commute this morning? check out this video from chicago, a pit bull decided to go for a jog on the eisenhower expressway at 6:00 in the morning, snarled traffic for half an hour, he occasionally departed into traffic, which was the

problem. he didn't get hurt, though. then he veered off into a shid street, took a swim in the plains river. the officials are still going after him, trying to capture him so he doesn't decide to do it tomorrow morning, or maybe tonight in the evening rush as well. jon: check out this video of what must be one of the most daring mascot stunts of all time. you will not believe this. a milwaukee -- there he goes! a nearly 20-foot ladder, he jumps off backwards, d pulls a backflip, then a slam dunk he landed with a thud in a padded matt, the -- mat, the crowd goes wild, they beat the hawks in the first round of the playoffs, the games tied two games apiece in the series. jane: i think game 51 tonight. that's quite a feat! that's going to did it for us, "america live" is up next. megyn: i'm megyn kelly, it's